Midway Mortal Kombat-r 4 for Nintendo-r 64 and PlayStation-r Game Console Now Available

Business Wire, June 30, 1998

CORSICANA, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 1998--

Retailers Report First Week Sales Exceed Expectations

The fast and furious fighting action of Mortal Kombat 4 (MK4) is coming home! Midway Home Entertainment, a subsidiary of Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), one of the industry's leading entertainment software publishers, has shipped the eagerly anticipated new installment in the Mortal Kombat series to retailers this week for the PlayStation game console and Nintendo 64. The PC version is shipping today. Initial shipments of the game have already sold through in a number of retail outlets and re-orders are being processed due to the overwhelming demand for the title. Mortal Kombat 4 represents the first Midway franchise PC title to be published and distributed by Midway since it regained domestic PC distribution rights in March 1998.

Commenting on the strength of the franchise and initial sales results, Byron Cook, President of Midway Home Entertainment said, "Having shippedstrong initial levels of both the PlayStation and N64 versions of MK4, we are delighted at the initial reports of sell through at several retailers and are actively processing re-orders. Mortal Kombat is the most famous fighting series in the history of video games, and MK4 brings the franchise to a new level of excitement. We are proud to release such a high quality, action-packed game which is re-energizing the genre."

Mortal Kombat 4 is now available nationally at mass merchants, software and consumer electronics retailers. "The Mortal Kombat franchise has an immense fan base, and the tremendous customer reaction has exceeded our already high level of expectation for this newest installment," said Jim MacKenzie of Kay Bee Toys. "The outstanding early sales of MK4 are a reflection of Midway's ability to continuously keep the franchise exciting, and we look forward to participating in their ongoing success."

MK4's fight-to-the finish slug-fest features fifteen characters including returning favorites Sub-Zero, Sonya, Reptile, Jax and Scorpion. Seven new controllable characters have been added to battle in Mortal Kombat's deadly arenas. MK4 features true weapon combat, where players can use their weapons at any time, drop their weapons to battle hand-to-hand, or steal their opponent's weapons to use against them.

Stellar previews of MK4 have appeared in the top industry publications for months. The game graced the cover of GamePro's June 1998 issue, which exclaimed, "There's one helluva game coming!" And Nintendo Power proclaimed "MK4 is yet another dead-on hit." Midway is supporting the release of MK4 with a multi-million dollar national television advertising campaign.

Midway Home Entertainment Inc. designs, markets and distributes video games under the Midway trademark for home game platforms and personal computers. Midway Home Entertainment Inc. is a subsidiary of Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a company engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of coin-operated video games under the Midway and Atari trademarks. Visit Midway's Web site at www.midway.com.

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